No, I don't think the Republican party has been fiscally responsible. No, I don't think the Democratic party has been fiscally responsible.

I do think the only smart thing, and I mean ONLY smart thing Clinton did was leave the economy he inherited ALONE, as part of his overall strategy of going along with the Contract With America put forth by the Pubbies.

But I think history will show that Clinton was not the first Black president, but he was the only Republican president since Reagan and up to this point. Fiscally.

It still falls to Republicans, the class of folks who aren't gov't employees or on the dole, to pay for it all the income redistribution that the Liberals are craving. Government workers add welfare recipients add nothing to the GDP. That's a lot of folks to support. And they are almost uniquely Democrat.

[Clinton] "was the only Republican president since Reagan and up to this point. Fiscally."

Which perfectly supports the point made in comments here that "Republican" is no longer synonymous with "fiscally responsible", contrary to the opinion of the proprietor of this blog.

"It still falls to Republicans, the class of folks who aren't gov't employees or on the dole, to pay for it all the income redistribution that the Liberals are craving. Government workers add welfare recipients add nothing to the GDP. That's a lot of folks to support. And they are almost uniquely Democrat."

Joe, for a moment there, I thought you were a good commenter, but then I looked at the way you picked and chose my words, ignored others, projected onto me a standard boilerplate of words that sound officious and played mash-up in that potato head of yours.

But hey, don't believe me, and then ask me to do your work for you. Go find out for yourself the platform of the Government Employees' Union, their agenda, and their purpose.

Just like no one ever wants to believe the media is biased, when they consistently are Democrats by a 4:1 margin. It behooves them to keep stirring shit up, because it makes them money. They also, are dependent children and wouldn't know how to actually work and create something other than controversy. But go ahead and believe them, thinking they have no monetary or vested interest in keeping their world the world of Liberalism. Go on believing that they are selfless demigods magically appointed to bring Light to your benighted world.

"for a moment there, I thought you were a good commenter, but then I looked at the way you picked and chose my words, ignored others, projected onto me a standard boilerplate of words that sound officious and played mash-up in that potato head of yours"

Projecting much?

Is there anything you wish to claim I took out of context?

Also, you seem to be inventing some positions that I did not take ("go ahead and believe them, thinking they have no monetary or vested interest in keeping their world the world of Liberalism. Go on believing that they are selfless demigods magically appointed to bring Light to your benighted world"). And since you're so frantically trying to change the subject from your claims that Republicans are "the class of folks who aren't gov't employees or on the dole" and that government workers and welfare recipients are almost uniquely Democrats, I take it you have no facts to back that up. Mere bluster isn't going to do it, and all you achieve by refusing to back up your claims with facts, is that you'll look silly.

Thanks, Larry McDonald user from Denver CO! You know so much about what I know, without knowing me!

*mwuah!*

You're adorable when you're trying to be brave.

I'm only pessimistic about the people who manipulate about 49% of the good people of our country into believing that commentary is fact. It's devilish and evil what the press is doing, regardless of what anyone believes. The Truth is real, knowable, and unchanging.

GONE!

By the way...

All posts and personal pictures are copyrighted by the author. (Well, except for a picture or two I may have copied from somewhere on the Internet, or from someone else who copied it. If it's yours, let me know and down it comes, 'k? The rest really do come from my own camera.) Anything else should be understood for what it is: musings of a muddled mind. Because the author is maniacally convinced of her own superior skills in communication, she cannot be held responsible for another's misunderstanding. You can see how that would upset her tenuous hold on reality.